News Forum - Market closes for 4 days in Nakhon Ratchasima following discovery of Covid cluster

[Thaiger]

Talad Suranaree, a market that specialises in agricultural fare in the northeastern Thai province of Nakhon Ratchasima, is closed from today until next Wednesday after nearly 80 traders tested positive for Covid. The provincial communicable disease committee announced the closure, today. 1,444 traders from the market were tested on Friday and the results came out yesterday, which showed 79 people had contracted the virus. Following the news of the traders having tested positive, Nakhon Ratchasima mayor Prasert Boonchaisuk ordered the market to close for 4 days, from 2pm today until September 15. The committee says 170 new cases were reported today, […]

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[AdvocatusDiaboli]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

Talad Suranaree, a market that specialises in agricultural fare in the northeastern Thai province of Nakhon Ratchasima, is closed from today until next Wednesday after nearly 80 traders tested positive for Covid.

The main SuperCheap shopping complex in Rassada, north of Phuket Town, has been ordered closed for seven days as a measure to prevent COVID-19 infections from spreading after at least 23 staff there were confirmed infected.

https://www.thephuketnews.com/supercheap-ordered-closed-over-covid-infections-81368.php
 

4 Days vs 7 days ….. again no consistency across Thailand.

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

4 minutes ago, AdvocatusDiaboli said:

The main SuperCheap shopping complex in Rassada, north of Phuket Town, has been ordered closed for seven days as a measure to prevent COVID-19 infections from spreading after at least 23 staff there were confirmed infected.

https://www.thephuketnews.com/supercheap-ordered-closed-over-covid-infections-81368.php
 

4 Days vs 7 days ….. again no consistency across Thailand.

I was looking for the rules to enter Nakhon si thammarat when someone told me that even the districts have different rules. But it didn't come as a surprise, for instance, we all know immigration staff apply their own personal rules, on different days of the week. Even weather forecasts are more reliable.  

[dmacarelli]

If they are so willing to close these wet markets, why not the canning plants, which are cranking out dozens of new cases a day? Someone wealthy own them, and able to make the right phone call?

This is one of my primary beefs about the shutdowns. They are highly selective, and selective shutdowns simply do not work. 

[KaptainRob]

4 minutes ago, dmacarelli said:

If they are so willing to close these wet markets, why not the canning plants, which are cranking out dozens of new cases a day? Someone wealthy own them, and able to make the right phone call?

Gotta keep pumping out product for for John West!   It's no wonder delta continues to spread if those factories are still operating, with all their migrant workers living in abysmal conditions.  Anyone who viewed the docco on shrimp farming would have seen the processing worker accommodations.

[Graham]

It's the same as anything else, if money for anyone hi-so or government related then it stays open and continues production, if it's got something to do with Joe public then it gets closed down.

TIT.